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Nitin Bansal
Starting Member

13 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-24 : 02:05:56
Hi to All,
Can anybody tell me that How i can restore my .dat dump backupfile in SQL Server ?

GilaMonster
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

4507 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-24 : 03:27:28
Dat is not a standard SQL file extention. Where did this file come from and how was it created?

p.s. is this the same question as over on Central?
[url]http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost538996.aspx[/url]

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Gail Shaw
SQL Server MVP
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sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7174 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-24 : 09:16:39
Dat is extension for backup file in SQL server 6.5 and that is first when i started learning SQL Server.
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rmiao
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7266 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-24 : 14:34:08
You can have any extension for db backup file, just run 'restore headeronly' to check if it's valid sql backup file.
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